Dividend Growth Forum

Carrier Global (NYSE: CARR) declares $0.15/share quarterly dividend, 25% increase from prior dividend of $0.12.

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3778453-ca...end-to-012

CVS raised by 10%, $2.00 to $2.20: https://seekingalpha.com/news/3778605-cv...s-dividend

"In addition, the retail pharmacy chain operator has also increased its yearly dividend by 10%, from $2.00 – $2.20, effective next dividend payment scheduled on Feb. 01. Meanwhile, the company has also authorized a $10B share repurchase program to offset a potential dilution to share count in 2022."

Big one for me - I've held ever since they froze as I thought their reasoning was sound and I liked the company. They have made continuous progress paying down the debt from the Aetna acquisition and now that they've met their debt:ebitda metric they raised.

I don't 100% trust any company's management but this is a case where they have done precisely what they said they would. I want to own companies like that.

Stryker (NYSE:SYK) declares $0.695/share quarterly dividend, 10.3% increase from prior dividend of $0.630.
Forward yield 1.06%
Payable Jan. 31; for shareholders of record Dec. 31; ex-div Dec. 29.

Broadcom with a 14% raise!

"In fiscal 2021, we achieved record adjusted EBITDA margin of 60%, generating $13.3 billion of free cash flow, or 49% of revenue," said Kirsten Spears, CFO of Broadcom Inc. "Consistent with our commitment to return excess cash to shareholders, we are increasing our target quarterly common stock dividend by 14 percent to $4.10 per share per quarter for fiscal year 2022, and announcing a new $10 billion share repurchase program."

The Company's Board of Directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of $4.10 per share. The common stock dividend is payable on December 31, 2021 to common stockholders of record at the close of business (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time) on December 22, 2021.

My favorite company does it again!!!!!

Broadcom (AVGO) up 10% this morning on earnings!

And just like that, it's the #4 position in my portfolio behind LOW, DLR, and AAPL.

CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) declares $0.55/share quarterly dividend, 10% increase from prior dividend of $0.50.

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3779165-cv...g-dividend

Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) declares $0.40/share quarterly dividend, 2.6% increase from prior dividend of $0.39.

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3779224-pf...-26-to-040

A bit of a disappointment from Abbott Labs. Apparently, the analyst expectations for negative 7% EPS growth in 2022 must have some merit.

Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) declares $0.47/share quarterly dividend, 4.4% increase from prior dividend of $0.45.
Forward yield 1.41%
Payable Feb. 15; for shareholders of record Jan. 14; ex-div Jan. 13.

This one wasn't on my radar. Love those railroads!

Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) declares $1.18/share quarterly dividend, 10.3% increase from prior dividend of $1.07.
Forward yield 1.9%
Payable Dec. 30; for shareholders of record Dec. 20; ex-div Dec. 17.

(12-10-2021, 12:16 PM)DividendGarden Wrote: [ -> ]Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) declares $0.40/share quarterly dividend, 2.6% increase from prior dividend of $0.39.

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3779224-pf...-26-to-040

That is some serious weak sauce.  So I hold this dog through 25 years of true pain, they finally win the FCF lotto, and offer up a dying yield trap type raise?  I am not at all amused.  My wife will start trimming PFE next week.  It's most of her ROTH port.  

Am I out of line?

(12-10-2021, 05:32 PM)EricL Wrote: [ -> ]This one wasn't on my radar. Love those railroads!

Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) declares $1.18/share quarterly dividend, 10.3% increase from prior dividend of $1.07.
Forward yield 1.9%
Payable Dec. 30; for shareholders of record Dec. 20; ex-div Dec. 17.

I know these railroad stocks are expensive. Often even too expensive. And the yield is often quite low too.
Yet I still sometimes get the urge to just go all in. It's an insanely good business to be in.